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Senate Passes Significant Cyber Bill Requiring Cyber Incident Reporting

March 3, 2022 By Kim Peretti and Kristen Bartolotta

The Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act of 2022, a bill that narrowly failed to become law last year, was passed in the Senate on Tuesday, March 1 as a package of cybersecurity measures that would require operators of critical infrastructure and federal civilian agencies to report cyber incidents to the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Protection, Data Security, Legislation, National Security, Ransomware, Regulation Tagged With: cybersecurity, Data Breach Notification, Data Protection, ransomware, Senate, US Congress

Location and Mobile Data in the Fight against COVID-19 – An Overview of U.S. and Global Efforts

April 11, 2020 By Amy Mushahwar, Daniel Felz and Jon Knight

Governments are increasingly seeking to leverage consumer geolocation and other mobile device data to assist with fighting the spread of COVID-19, as cases continue to mount globally.  Location data can be of significant value to public health models, such as models that determine areas where social-distancing measures are needed or test whether such measures are […]

Filed Under: Advisories, Data Protection, Data Security, ePrivacy, GDPR, International, Privacy, Regulation Tagged With: Analytics, Cross-border, EU Data Protection, Location Data, Mobile Data, Senate, Telecoms, The White House, Tracking, U.S. Privacy Law, US Congress

White Paper on Privacy Issues in Proposed New National Medical Claims Database

September 30, 2019 By Peter Swire

Prof. Peter Swire, Elizabeth and Thomas Holder Chair at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business and Senior Counsel at Alston & Bird, has published a new white paper on “Possible Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Breach issues in the Proposed National Medical Claims Database Under Section 303 of S. 1895.” Senators Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Patty Murray […]

Filed Under: Health Privacy Tagged With: Health Information Security, HIPAA, Senate

Bill Proposes Jail Time for Executives Who Conceal Data Breaches

December 4, 2017 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

On November 30, 2017, a group of U.S. senators re-introduced a bill, known as the Data Security and Breach Notification Act, which seeks to impose criminal liability of up to five years of jail time on any corporate executive convicted of “intentionally and willfully” concealing a data breach. The bill also proposes that the Federal […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Security, Legislation, Regulation Tagged With: Data Breach Notification, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Senate

U.S. Treasury Secretary Lew Emphasizes Cyber-Risks for Financial Institutions

July 30, 2014 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

In remarks delivered earlier this month, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew highlighted the dangers of “cyber intrusions” to financial institutions. Secretary Lew cited more than 250 cyber attacks against U.S. banks and credit unions since 2011, as well as recent hacks and credit card thefts against major retailers. “Cyber attacks on our financial system represent […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Security, Financial Privacy Tagged With: Cybersecurity Executive Order, Senate

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